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Drachm
| Issuer | Knidos |
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| Year | 520 BC - 495 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a roaring lion advancing to the right, with open jaws and prominent mane rendered in archaic style. The musculature and mane are boldly modelled in high relief, characteristic of late Archaic Greek coinage. The flan is irregular, with the design occupying the majority of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Head of Aphrodite facing right, wearing a sakkos — a close-fitting fabric hair covering — bound with a riband, depicted within a shallow incuse square. The portrait is rendered in fine Archaic style with schematic facial features. The ethnic abbreviation KN appears in the field to the right of the head, identifying the issuing city of Knidos. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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